Transhumanism and the image of God : today's technology and the future of Christian discipleship

Transhumanism and the image of God : today's technology and the future of Christian discipleship / Jacob Shatzer.

Examining the transhumanist movement, biblical ethicist Jacob Shatzer grapples with the potential for technology to transform the way we think about what it means to be human. Exploring the doctrine of incarnation and topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, medical technology, and communic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shatzer, Jacob, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Theological anthropology > Christianity.
Technology > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Humanism.
Philosophy and religion.
humanism.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Anthropology.
Humanism
Philosophy and religion
Technology > Religious aspects > Christianity
Theological anthropology > Christianity
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Technology and moral formation
  • 2. What is transhumanism?
  • 3. My body, my choice : morphological freedom
  • 4. The hybronaut : understanding augmented reality
  • 5. Meeting your (mind) clone : artificial intelligence and mind uploading
  • 6. What is real? : changing notions of experience
  • 7. Where is real? : changing notions of place
  • 8. Who is real? : changing notions of relationships
  • 9. Am I real? : changing notions of the self
  • 10. Conclusion : the table.

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